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parties mobiles

English translation: moving components

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09:28 Nov 24, 2011

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space

French term or phrase: parties mobiles

This question is not about the "mobile" part, but about the "partie" part!

In patentese I have noted that authors often use "portion" for "partie". But how far should this be taken?

This is a patent about aircraft engines. The expression "partie(s) mobile(s)" occurs many times. Couple of examples:

"Il est à noter que chaque partie mobile présente un centre de gravité qui n’est pas compris dans le plan de symétrie XX"

"Lorsque les parties mobiles articulées sont en position rétractée, les portions de butée ne sont pas en regard des surfaces de butée du fourreau de protection."

Please note extra complication thrown in to liven things up: this text also uses the FR word "portion" in the second sentence here.

To my ears "moving portions" sounds odd. But patentese's use of "portion" (and many other expressions) also sounds odd generally.